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purposes - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: purpose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: intend, set sights on
Synonyms: aim, aspire, bid for, commit, conclude, consider, contemplate, decide, design, determine, have a mind to, have in view, make up one's mind, mean, meditate, mind, plan, ponder, propose, pursue, resolve, think to, work for, work toward
Main Entry: purpose
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: intention, meaning, aim
Synonyms: ambition, animus, aspiration, big idea, bourn, calculation, design, desire, destination, determination, direction, dream, drift, end, expectation, function, goal, hope, idea, intendment, intent, mecca, mission, object, objective, plan, point, premeditation, principle, project, proposal, proposition, prospect, reason, resolve, scheme, scope, target, ulterior motive, view, whatfor, where one's headed, whole idea, why and wherefore, whyfor, will, wish
Main Entry: purpose
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: persistence, resolve
Synonyms: confidence, constancy, determination, faith, firmness, resolution, tenacity, will, single-mindedness, steadfastness
Main Entry: purpose
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: use
Synonyms: advantage, avail, benefit, duty, effect, function, gain, goal, good, mark, mission, object, objective, outcome, profit, result, return, target, utility
Main Entry: aim
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: goal
Synonyms: ambition, aspiration, course, design, desire, direction, end, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, purpose, scheme, target, wish, desideratum, where one is heading
Antonyms: avoidance, neglect, thoughtlessness, aimlessness, purposelessness
Main Entry: aim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: point or direct at a goal
Synonyms: address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in
Main Entry: ambition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something desired
Synonyms: aim, aspiration, desire, dream, end, enterprise, goal, hope, intent, mark, objective, purpose, target, wish
Main Entry: application
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: use
Synonyms: appliance, employment, exercise, function, operation, pertinence, play, practice, purpose, value, appositeness, exercising, germaneness, relevance, usance, utilization
Main Entry: cause
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief; undertaking for belief
Synonyms: attempt, conviction, creed, enterprise, faith, goal, ideal, intention, movement, object, objective, plan, purpose, principles
Main Entry: conceive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: create
Synonyms: brainstorm, cogitate, consider, contrive, cook up*, design, develop, devise, dream up, envisage, envision, fancy, feature, form, formulate, head trip, image, imagine, make up, meditate, originate, ponder, produce, project, purpose, realize, ruminate, spark, speculate, visualize, become pregnant, depicture, spitball, think up, trump up
Antonyms: abort, destroy
Main Entry: contemplate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: think about seriously; plan
Synonyms: aim, consider, deliberate, design, envisage, excogitate, expect, foresee, intend, mean, mind, observe, percolate, ponder, propose, purpose, ruminate, speculate, study, take in, weigh, aspire to, brood over, chew over, cool out, kick around*, meditate on, mull over, muse over, perpend, reflect upon, size up, think of
Antonyms: discard, disregard, forget, neglect, scorn, slight
Main Entry: contemplation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deep thought; planning
Synonyms: ambition, cogitation, consideration, deliberation, design, intention, meditation, musing, plan, purpose, reflection, reverie, study, pondering, rumination
Antonyms: disdain, disregard, neglect, rejection, slight
Main Entry: decide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make a determination; settle an issue
Synonyms: adjudge, adjudicate, agree, award, choose, cinch, clinch, conclude, conjecture, decree, determine, elect, end, establish, figure, gather, guess, judge, mediate, opt, pick, poll, purpose, resolve, rule, select, set, surmise, tap, vote, will, arrive at conclusion, call shots, cast the die, come to agreement, come to conclusion, come to decision, commit oneself, draw a conclusion, fix upon, form opinion, go down line, have final word, make a decision, make up mind, reach decision, take a stand
Antonyms: defer, delay, hesitate, postpone, procrastinate, put off, wait
Main Entry: decision
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: strength of mind or will
Synonyms: backbone, determination, doggedness, earnestness, firmness, fortitude, grit, obstinacy, perseverance, persistence, pluck*, purpose, resolution, resolve, seriousness, spine, stubbornness, volition, will, decidedness, decisiveness, iron will, obstinance, purposefulness, purposiveness, resoluteness, will power
Antonyms: indecision, wavering, indefiniteness, indetermination, procrastination
Main Entry: design
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: intention
Synonyms: action, aim, angle, animus, big picture*, brainchild, child*, conation, conspiracy, deliberation, end, enterprise, game plan*, gimmick, goal, intendment, intrigue, lay of the land, machination, meaning, notion, object, objective, picture, pitch, plan, play, plot, point, project, proposition, purport, purpose, recipe, reflection, scenario, scene, schema, scheme, setup, story, target, thinking, thought, trick, undertaking, view, volition, what's cooking, will
Main Entry: design
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: intend, mean to do
Synonyms: aim, contemplate, contrive, destine, devise, make, mind, plan, prepare, project, propose, purpose, scheme, tailor
Main Entry: destination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: goal; place one wants to go
Synonyms: aim, ambition, design, end, harbor, haven, intention, journey's end, landing-place, object, objective, purpose, resting-place, station, stop, target, terminal, terminus
Antonyms: beginning, source, start
Main Entry: destine
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: predetermine, ordain
Synonyms: allot, appoint, assign, consecrate, decide, decree, dedicate, design, determine, devote, doom, earmark*, fate, foreordain, intend, preordain, purpose, reserve, doom to, mark out, predestine, preform
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